Dream double rifle cartridge

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And for a US-made and totally unique action, one must include George Hoenig.
This is in 9.3 x 74R
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To open the action, you twist the barrels 1/4 turn and pull them slightly forward and down - a true "round action", also available as a shotgun or even a Vierling with rifle and shotgun barrels

 
I should have said 7.62X53R as produced by Lapua ammunition and cases. But 7X65 would work as they have big rim and good ballistics. Both would be usable on a wide variety of big game. Not just shooting dangerous game.

My 870 rifled barrel shot 485 grain slugs @1,900 FPS.

That’s why I switched to a 7 mag

You switched from a 12 ga to a 7 Mag because the SG was too powerful? What animals?
 
And for a US-made and totally unique action, one must include George Hoenig.
This is in 9.3 x 74R
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To open the action, you twist the barrels 1/4 turn and pull them slightly forward and down - a true "round action", also available as a shotgun or even a Vierling with rifle and shotgun barrels


shame he stopped making guns,
 
You switched from a 12 ga to a 7 Mag because the SG was too powerful?
White tail. A 3” slug from an 870 is “interesting”. My 7 mag feels like quite a bit less recoil, no matter what the numbers say.

Edit to add....for a shotgun slug, the 3” Remington Copper Solid was pretty accurate and flat shooting. It shot tennis ball size groups at 125 yards, which was where I sighted it in.

I was deer hunting with my friend and saw a coyote cross the road into our field. By the time we got there, he was 140 yards away. My friend says “don’t waste your slug”.

Got him with the first shot.:D
 
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You do NOT want a high pressure big bore rimless round in a SXS double. Rounds such as .416 Remington, Rigby, .458 Lott and 375 H&H were designed for bolt guns. And yes some have been stuffed into double rifles, but high pressure, rimless cartridges are a recipe for disaster in a double. Double rifles are designed to shoot large cased, low pressure rimmed cartridges.

If you just have to have a .416 in a double get one in a 500/.416. But I really don’t know why you’d want that non traditional modern double round when you can just get a 450/.400 that produces almost identical results. If you want a .458 in a double get one of the traditional NE round like a .450 #2. The .458 Lott would be a horrendously bad idea in a double. Same with the .458 WM. High pressure and no rim equals trouble in a double.
 
You do NOT want a high pressure big bore rimless round in a SXS double. Rounds such as .416 Remington, Rigby, .458 Lott and 375 H&H were designed for bolt guns. And yes some have been stuffed into double rifles, but high pressure, rimless cartridges are a recipe for disaster in a double. Double rifles are designed to shoot large cased, low pressure rimmed cartridges.

If you just have to have a .416 in a double get one in a 500/.416. But I really don’t know why you’d want that non traditional modern double round when you can just get a 450/.400 that produces almost identical results. If you want a .458 in a double get one of the traditional NE round like a .450 #2. The .458 Lott would be a horrendously bad idea in a double. Same with the .458 WM. High pressure and no rim equals trouble in a double.

Hmm. Either a 460 or 500 S&W double would be a neat package.
 
My dad has owned a few and went to Africa a few times as well with them. Not sure if he still has any. He's still got a couple of safes full of gems hidden away. I know the ones I saw in the 90's in his safe were $50k+ back then. I imagine two ex-wives later, he's probably liquidated them.
 
That miniature shotgun reminded me of a miniature double rifle I looked at a few years back when I was at the Galazan works picking up a shotgun. I snapped these few pics with a pocked camera and wish I'd had a better camera to do it justice. I loved the gold inlaid prairie dogs. We could not arrive at a price so I don't know what became of it. Probably someone finally bought it for a gift. DSC01049.JPG DSC01057.JPG DSC01073.JPG DSC01056.JPG DSC01064.JPG DSC01049.JPG
 

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